“The major challenge faced by managersis not understanding the practice ofleadership. It is practicing theirunderstanding of leadership.”Marshall Goldsmith

“Leaders who don’t follow-up, don’t improve.”Marshall Goldsmith

“Coaching is somethingwe do with people,not to people.”Ken Blanchard

"It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth."Sarah Dressen

“Your job is to get them better. Holding people accountableto high standards and results is nothing to apologize for.Failing to stretch them to their potential is.”Dave Anderson,

No-Nonsense Leadership

Welcome to Next Level Performance

We are an organizational training, coaching and consulting firm. We deliver services across the Globe.

What do we do?

We design and deliver innovative,relevant and purposeful performance development experiences that bring to life your organization’s desired outcomes.

We invigorate corporate training and coaching. We believe leadership development, team development and executive coaching should link closely and purposefully to your company’s results; not an exercise in throwing ideas against the wall to see what sticks or what results the development experience might produce. If you aren’t clear on your training’s desired outcomes and content that’s fine—we can help you gain clarity.

We deliver our greatest value to clients when we help them align the training they want with the results they seek. As our partner, you get to dial-up or dial-down the sustaining impact you want from the training. Some clients want a little impact, other clients want lasting impact.

Training and one-to-one coaching are rarely ends in themselves; they typically serve a larger, results-oriented purpose. Yes, training—similar to the fishing pictures above—can be enjoyable, even constructive, as a standalone activity. But, shouldn’t your training investments be measured by the results they generate? How effectively are your current training initiatives achieving the results you intend?

Whom do we work with?

We work with a broad range of businesses of varying sizes and services. Some of our clients include Abbott, Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Intermountain Healthcare, and Eramet SA. Our consultants and trainers are accomplished scholar-practitioners with backgrounds in business, education and management.

"Rarely do the lessons of external partners become as ingrained in the
practices and culture of a business as much as I have seen ours influenced
by Tom Ori and Next Level Performance. Next Level has taught and advised
our new and tenured leaders about strategy, execution and coaching in ways
that I now see reflected consistently in challenging situations that were at
one time significant obst..."

Greg Reilly

Regional Business Director

Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals

"I have engaged Tom and Next Level Performance on several occasions over the past 15 years. In each instance, that investment of both personal and organizational time was returned several-fold in the form of pragmatic, genuine and focused recommendations and highly effective interventions. If you're seeking a customized approach to driving change within your organization, Tom and his colleagu..."

Alan May

Executive Vice President, Human Resources

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

"As a newer sales leader in my organization, I know theLeadership Check-Up™ occurred at an ideal time with an ideal partner in Next Level Performance. Because the team at Next Level worked closely with me to target specific behaviors on which I wanted feedback, the personalized suggestions for moving forward we..."

Matt Martin

District Manager

Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals

"Having worked with Tom and NLP for about a dozen years now, I have countless examples of why I continue to recommend NLP to any organization that might benefit from 1:1 executive coaching or organizational development activities. Some of the most honest and direct discussions I have been a part of have been facilitated by NLP. They have a unique way of blending extreme professionalism and competen..."

Chris Cool

Vice President, Human Resources

Eramet Comilog, SA

"I am a Pharmaceutical Executive and have worked with Tom and his teams over the past 17 years in many capacities. Tom was first instrumental in helping me build myself as a leader and assisting me understand where I needed to focus my efforts in expanding my strengths and more importantly, identifying my blind spots. He is an ardent supporter of continuing personal development and has shown me, as..."

Senior Vice President

Pharmaceutical Company

"Next Level Performance did what their name says: the customized Project Leadership Development program we did with them has taken our team to the next level. The NLP team was very involved and great to work in each phase of our training – from design, to implementation and follow up. There was a great balance of their multi-company and industry experience with the issues we faced and were trying..."

Neil DeStefano

Director of Business and Product Development

FMC Corporation

"I am the CEO of a medium-size-company. My company had been affected by market conditions as well as internal difficulties. I hired Next Level Performance to help the executive leadership team and me in a solutions brainstorming and path-forward session. The purpose was to be able to identify a new business model that would speed up the turnaround of the company. The meeting kept its promise. We ca..."